The Crimean War (October 1853 – February 1856) was a conflict fought
between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British
Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Duchy of Nassau.
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The Crimean War (October 1853 – February 1856) was a conflict fought between
the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the
Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Duchy of Nassau. The war was
part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence
over territories of the declining Ottoman Empire. Most of the conflict took
place on the Crimean Peninsula, but there were smaller campaigns in western
Anatolia, the Baltic Sea, the Pacific Ocean and the White Sea.
The war has gone by different names. In Russia it is also known as the "Eastern
War" (Russian: Восточная война, Vostochnaya Voina), and in Britain at the time
it was sometimes known as the "Russian War".
The Crimean War is notorious for the logistical and tactical errors during the
land campaign on both sides (the naval side saw a successful Allied campaign
which eliminated most of the ships of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea).
Nonetheless, it is sometimes considered to be one of the first "modern" wars as
it "introduced technical changes which affected the future course of warfare,"
including the first tactical use of railways and the telegraph.[9] It is also
famous for the work of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole, who pioneered
modern nursing practices while caring for wounded British soldiers.
The Crimean War was also the first to be extensively documented in photographs.